Léon Busy (1874–1951) was an amateur photographer mostly known for his autochromes made in French Indochina for Albert Kahn’s multimedia collection “Les Archives de la planète” (Archives of the Planet). In addition to being an operator for Kahn, this article casts light on a less studied part of Busy’s life: his engagement with the French government of Indochina as of 1921. He exhibited his autochromes at the colonial exhibitions in Marseille (1922) and Paris (1931) and also served as head of the photographic section of the Office indochinois du Tourisme et de la Propagande (Indo-Chinese office of tourism and propaganda). This article provides an insight into my current research project and intends to demonstrate Busy’s instrumental role in producing colonial propaganda in color for the French government.
Faculty News: Professor Thomas E. A. Dale, the Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair of Art History, has been elected to the Medieval Academy of America's Fellows Class of 2023. A prestigious honor, fellows are nominated by their colleagues within the medieval studies community.
Congratulations Prof. Dale on this well-deserved achievement!
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Faculty News: Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Nelson for the publication of her article "A Ming Chinese and Spanish Imperial Collaboration in Southeast Asia: The Boxer Codex" in the latest issue of "The Art Bulletin." #uwmadison #uwmadisonarthistory #arthistory #OnWisconsin #theboxercodex #mingchina #spanisharthistory #earlymodernart #artbulletin
You can access Prof. Nelson's article here: https://caa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00043079.2022.2070395#.Y7RO3uzML0p
The Boxer Codex is a ca. 1591 compilation of accounts, written in or translated into Spanish, of the peoples of Southeast Asia alongside illustrations made by a Christian Sangley (Manila Chinese) a...